I don't think Samaritan is going down without a death struggle, especially if it somehow learns there's a protected sliver of itself in the Subway. Plus, Shaw needs to royally fuck up Blackwell.

Yeah, that one bit didn't make a huge amount of sense. Maybe they were able to crash it and take control, like they tried to do the Machine in Season 2?

I have John as high on my "going to die" list as Bear is on my "going to survive" list.

Looked to me like Samaritan sucked all of the playfulness and personality out of her. That version of her was as straightforward and cold as Martine.

I'm not sure I'd qualify her as "evil Shaw." As far as she know's she's doing the same anti-terrorism job that real Shaw used to do.

Speaking of Bowie, I'm disappointed they teased us with "The Man Who Sold the World" and then weren't able to play it. I'm still hoping that the next episode will give us a Samaritan meltdown montage to "Saviour Machine."

Presumably it's the "breaking the internet" bit of his plans, which would have catastrophic effects (particularly if ice-9 also got into the power grid somehow).

I think once they surmised that Finch hadn't told the Machine the password, Samaritan sealed the doors immediately so that he couldn't possibly give them out. The fact that Greer was in there was unfortunate, but he understood.

One thing I liked is that Samaritan's Root was in the same ethical place as she was in season 2, but had lost all of her actual personality. Even when she was a full-on bad guy, she was witty and playful. This version of her looked like Martine with a different face.

This show has always been interested in looking at the conflict between security and liberty, as per the famous Ben Franklin quote. The final arguments between Finch and Greer (and their ASIs) really bring that to the highest level. Samaritan is trying to ensure humanity is able to survive global extinction, and…

I'm still hoping that whatever piece of the Machine that manages to survive next week's bloodbath has some sort of cameo in the new series.

I want to rate this, but I have a strong feeling my ultimate opinion will be strongly affected by return 0;

I really need for the Machine to be OK at the end of this. If not the entirety of her, than at least her memories of the people she loved the most, because I don't think many of them are going to survive next week.

Michelle Fairley has repeatedly said she's not coming back.
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Hopefully, we'll see them once more, as Dany's army lands in For me and kills them.

It wasn't great, but it was still better than a solid third of season 5. I'd take muddled Braavos plotting to Dornish wankery any day.

I just rewatched 6,741 and in the end, they show the area where the chip was allegedly installed; it looks like it's healed fairly, but there's definitely a raised area around where the cut was. I think it's real.

Or go full villain and embrace his general awfulness. MAYBE he can be redeemed if Jekyll's treatment is used on him, but I don't think I'd buy it.

I've been hating on Victor all season, but this episode definitely cemented him as "vile" in my book. Also, why hasn't he been spending any time with Vanessa this season? They're still friends, right?